Sports and Prizes

Tuesday 7^th April,

Hello everybody!

 It was good to see you again! I see you had very nice holidays but…they are over now!

What did we do in our first class of this term?

We started talking about sports.

I could notice that apart from football, your vocabulary about other sports isn’t so wide, that’s why we talked about the equipment, clothes and place where you can do different sports.

Sport / activity	People	Place	Equipment / clothes
Football	Footballers, football players, goalkeeper, referee, defenders, forwards	Football field / football pitch	Ball, T-shirt and shorts, boots, gloves, shin pads, goals
Golf	Golfer, caddy	Golf course	Golf clubs, ball
Tennis	Tennis player, umpire	Tennis court	Rackets, ball, net, T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes
Skiing	skier	Ski slope/ ski resort	Skis, poles, goggles, ski suit, boots
Fencing	Fencer, judges	Court, gymnasium	Mask, swords
Ice -hockey	Hockey player, referee	Ice rink	Skates, puck, sticks, helmet,
Boxing	Boxer, referee	Boxing ring	Boxing gloves, shorts
Table tennis	players	Table, net	Bats, ball
Baseball	Players, referee	pitch	Bats, glove, ball
Badminton	Players, referee	court	Rackets, shuttlecock

Why don't you try this quiz? Come on! Go ahead!

Are You a Sporty Person?

Then, we described the pictures showing the winners of some sports. What have they won?

The swimmer has won a gold medal.

The football player has won a trophy.

The tennis player has won a prize.

The racing car driver has won a wreath.

We learnt some expressions of time:

·         They have been on court for 3 hours and 26 minutes.

·         With only 20 minutes to go, the United is losing the match.

·         Paula has been in the lead (in the first position) since the start of the marathon.

·         Time is running out (finishing) - there are only five minutes left for them to score.

·         The match started only 11 minutes ago and the Lakers already have 20 points on the board.

Use of the prepositions, for, since, ago with present perfect or past simple.

 ·          Since is only used with perfect tenses.

He’s played for Real Madrid since 2010.

 ·          Ago is only used with past simple.

He played  for  Manchester United 8 years ago.

 ·          For can be used with both tenses but the meaning of the sentences is different.

They played for 3 hours 26 minutes.        The match is over (finished)

They’ve  played for 3 hours 26 minutes. They’re still playing.(not finished)   

We started a pair activity but we couldn’t finish it. We’ll finish it on Tuesday.

For homework, write about the sport written on your card. You must say where the sport is played, the people who take part in it, mention the equipment and say what the game consists of.

·            In some sports you hit the ball.

What do you hit the ball with? A bat, a stick, a club, your hand?

·            In other sports you kick the ball (you use your feet). Can you think of any examples?

·            In other sports you throw the ball, as in handball.

We’ll continue on Tuesday. Have a nice weekend!